12:30 AM,
Nov. 10, 2012

Written by

Tony Cook
| The Indianapolis Star

Just a week after the election, Gov.-elect Mike Pence already faces a big health-care decision: Should Indiana create a state health insurance exchange, or leave it up to the federal government?

President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul creates exchanges in each state to make it easier for people who buy insurance on their own to get affordable coverage. States have until next Friday to tell the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services whether they will set up a state-run exchange, place residents in a federal exchange, or approve a hybrid system.